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bit of a moment and I thought I have blown it," Byrne said. "We passed each other and down the straight we were side by side and I knew whoever braked the latest would win the race. I went speed- way style through the last corner and it was incredibly close, but we did it." In the second race, Kiyo- nari was fixed on revenge and he claimed the lead from Byrne on the second lap of the race. Though he was forced to defend that lead throughout, he held off his rival at the end. "At the end of the race Shakey tried to pass me, but I pushed very hard – every lap I was push- ing hard and concentrating very hard, so I am pleased to take this win," Kiyonari said. "I was disap- pointed to not win the first race, so this makes me happier." James Ellison took third on the Lloyds British GBmoto Kawasaki, his first podium finish since his Brands Hatch crash. Taylor Mackenzie, the son of former 500cc Grand Prix racer Niall Mackenzie, took his debut British Supersport podium during Saturday's sprint race, finishing in second place after a nail-biting last-lap battle with James Rispoli. Rispoli led Mackenzie on the final lap, but a strong pass just a few corners from the end gave the Scot second place with Risp- oli third – his second podium of his debut season in British Su- persport racing. IN THE WIND P34 Shane Byrne (67) and Ryuichi Kiyonari (23) split wins at Silverstone during British Superbike action on Sunday. MOTOAMERICA RELEASES CLASS INFORMATION M otoAmerica has released its classes and basic rules package for the AMA/FIM North American Motorcycle Road Rac- ing Championship that will make its debut in 2015 with the Super- bike class as its premier class. The Superbike class will fea- ture a rules package based on current AMA Superbike rules in regard to chassis combined with engine specifications based on the 2015 World Superbike rules. In addition to the Superbike class, MotoAmerica will feature a Superstock 1000 class that will run within the Superbike race, but will be scored separately. The Superstock 1000 class will feature rules that are closely aligned to those in the FIM Su- perstock 1000 class that runs at the World Superbike rounds. The MotoAmerica version of Superstock 1000 will be run on slick tires. As for the Middleweight class- es, MotoAmerica's program will consist of Supersport (formerly Daytona SportBike) and Super- stock 600. The Supersport rules will use the existing 2014 chas- sis rules but will run on slick tires and will have engine rules close to FIM's World Supersport speci- fication. MotoAmerica has renamed the Supersport class to Super- stock 600 with those rules based